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jeremynpross · 09-11-2009, 02:45 PM

Dear Forum Users,

I have asked Kovid the following question and wonder if any of you may have an answer for me as well.

I am working with the publisher of "The Kingdom Experiment" to convert it from PDF to Kindle and other eBook formats.

Here's the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Experi...693916&sr=1-1#

The book is highly designed, with supergraphics type text, lots of white space, and a few images. We want to preserve the look of each page.

You can see the page layout via Amazon's "look Inside" here:

http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Experi...&sr=1-1#reader

I've tried Calibre conversion from the PDF and from a zip archive of 300 dpi JPG exports renamed as CBZ. I tried output as ePub and as Mobi.

None work perfectly to preserve page layout, stretching and misplacing text. Using the free mobi tool to convert preserves the look but makes the text way too blurry.

Do you have any suggestions as to how I can do this conversion via the GUI in Calibre?

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know the first thing about using a command line, right down to where the commands are entered, what syntax to use and where there are spaces.

I'm on deadline to get this figured out and will appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks,
Jeremy Ross
jeremyr@earthlink.net

09-11-2009, 02:45 PM	#1
jeremynpross Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: none	PDF with text used graphically - Conversion Challenge Dear Forum Users, I have asked Kovid the following question and wonder if any of you may have an answer for me as well. I am working with the publisher of "The Kingdom Experiment" to convert it from PDF to Kindle and other eBook formats. Here's the book: http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Experi...693916&sr=1-1# The book is highly designed, with supergraphics type text, lots of white space, and a few images. We want to preserve the look of each page. You can see the page layout via Amazon's "look Inside" here: http://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Experi...&sr=1-1#reader I've tried Calibre conversion from the PDF and from a zip archive of 300 dpi JPG exports renamed as CBZ. I tried output as ePub and as Mobi. None work perfectly to preserve page layout, stretching and misplacing text. Using the free mobi tool to convert preserves the look but makes the text way too blurry. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can do this conversion via the GUI in Calibre? Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know the first thing about using a command line, right down to where the commands are entered, what syntax to use and where there are spaces. I'm on deadline to get this figured out and will appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks, Jeremy Ross jeremyr@earthlink.net